Great sleep next to the river.  I popped up, packed and left around 6am.   There is a 3k climb and I wanted to get that over in the morning.   Soho passed me on the way up.   He loves those hills.  

There was not much to see.   Just trees, trees, and more trees.   Soho made the observation the other day that one side of these mountains is soft trail and the other side is rocky.   I’m starting to notice that.   I wander if that is because one side has been exposed longer, while the rocky side is granite that has been recently exposed by the plates pushing the mountain up.   Have to ask a geologist hiker next time I see one. 

I had the music turned up, but felt like I was dragging today.    Just didn’t have much energy for the long downhill after the climb.    Probably need a town day to recoup.   

Crossed the Sacramento River and walked up to the I-5 onramp. 

It was hot.   No super hot.   92 on my Thermometer.    Soho showed up shortly after I got there and we laid under the semi shade and tried to thumb a ride.    Took almost 30 minutes, but finally a pickup stopped by.   They had already got Old School and offered to get us into town as well, if we would hop in the bed and stay low so the cops wouldn’t see us.   

We made it to town and checked into the Dunsmuir Inn and Suites.   It is a decent place.   Showered all the Deet and sunscreen off me.   Feeling pretty good now.    Probably going to zero tomorrow.   We both need it I think.